William B. McBurney

William B. McBurney
Died 1892
Other names Caroll Malone
Occupation poet
Years active 1845-1892
Employer Boston Pilot
Home town Belfast

William B. McBurney (died 1892) was an Irish poet who used the pseudonym Carroll Malone. He was the author of The Croppy Boy,[1] a poem commemorating the Irish Rebellion of 1798, and “The Good Ship Castle Down” . He immigrated to the United States, where he continued to write poetry in Boston, Massachusetts. He died in 1892.[2]

References

  1. Malone, Carroll (4 January 1845). "The Croppy Boy". The Nation (Irish newspaper).
  2. O'Sullivan, T.F. (1944). The Young Irelanders. Tralee: Kerryman. OCLC 9801000.


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